Anisotremus

Anisotremus
Anisotremus virginicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Acanthuriformes
Family: Haemulidae
Subfamily: Haemulinae
Genus: Anisotremus
T. N. Gill, 1861
Type species
Sparus virginicus
Synonyms
  • Genytremus T. N. Gill, 1862

Anisotremus is a genus of grunts native to the eastern Pacific and western Atlantic Oceans. The name of this genus is compound of anisto meaning “different” and tremus meaning “hole”, referring to the differently sized, paired pores on each side of the head.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

Image Species Common name
Anisotremus caesius

(D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882)

 silvergrey grunt
Anisotremus davidsonii

(Steindachner, 1876)

 xantic sargo
Anisotremus espinozai

Acevedo-Álvarez, Ruiz-Campos & Domínguez-Domínguez 2021

 Santa Cruz grunt
Anisotremus interruptus

(T. N. Gill, 1862)

 burrito grunt
Anisotremus perezponcedeleoni

Acevedo-Álvarez, Ruiz-Campos & Domínguez-Domínguez 2021

 clarion grunt
Anisotremus scapularis

(Tschudi, 1846)

 Peruvian grunt
Anisotremus surinamensis

(Bloch, 1791)

 black margate
Anisotremus taeniatus

T. N. Gill, 1861

 Panama porkfish
Anisotremus virginicus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

 porkfish

References

  1. 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Haemulidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Anisotremus". FishBase. August 2013 version.
  3. ↑ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (5 January 2021). "Order LUTJANIFORMES: Families HAEMULIDAE and LUTJANIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Anisotremus espinozai Acevedo-Alvarez, Ruiz-Campos & Dominguez-Dominguez 2021, sp. n. - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  5. ↑ "Santa Cruz Grunt (Anisotremus espinozai)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  6. ↑ "Clarion Grunt (Anisotremus perezponcedeleoni)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-01-02.